Herb, I had a similar experience.
I ran in the BBye, to check the price. $1099.
Machine was on the end of an isle- good location, but at the edge of PC land. Imac up and running, with a printer and Imation drive attached. Someone with an odd sense of humor had left a copy of RedHat Linux next to the iMac; I thought that was super!
I only had minutes, but the iMac had a little crowd around it. Mostly folk who looked to be about 30+ years of age.No salesman. I bet I could have closed 3 sales in 5 minutes- but no salesman to be found.
On the periphery, I heard a lot of "Oh! There's iMac!" Genuine interest. No salesmen. My money is on strong iMac sales, and BBye cutting prices rather than training sales staff.
PLEASE! If people are reading this thread with interest, go to your local Best Buy (or CompUSA, for that matter) for just 5 minutes. Find the iMac, and report back what you see. If you have time, talk to a salesman- and report back what you discover. Together, we can gather a lot of imperical holiday data. Good stuff!
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